USA Freedom Act did, however, take away a valuable tool that allowed the National Security Agency and other law - and other intelligence agencies to quickly and rapidly access phone records and match them up with other phone records to see who terrorists have been calling.

Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country.

I intend to do all I can to both keep America safe, and keep America special.

There is nothing that we are allowed to do under USA Freedom Act that we could not do before.

Even if we didn't have a single person in the USA in violation of immigration laws, we'd still have to do immigration reform, because our legal immigration system is broken. It's not good for anybody.

America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.

I think future generations will look back at this history of our country and call us barbarians for murdering millions of babies who we never gave a chance to live.